Object Info
Object Name NGC5189
Type V : Irregular Planetary Nebula
Location RA13:33.5 DEC-65:59
Constellation Musca
Magnitude 9.9
Size
Distance 2600 light years
Age
Dimensions 185 x 130 arcseconds
Image Field 8.5 x 5.6 arcminutes.
Notes
Taken from: TFO
153:23:25E 27:55:53S
On: 19-06-2002.


Image Info
Telescope Celestron C11, f10, 2790mm focal length
Focal Length 2790mm
Mounting Losmandy G11
Computer control Astrometric Instruments Skywalker II
CCD camera SBIG ST7e NABG
Camera cooling Regulated Thermoelectric with dry 2nd-stage.
Camera pixels 765 x 510 x 9um
Image scale 0.6 arcsecond per pixel
Processed with: CCDSHarp Mira Ap 6, Maxim DL, Photoshop
Monochrome, Red, Green, Blue Exposures MRGB = 100 ,50,50,50 minutes with RGB channels binned 2x2
Number of images M,R,G,B = 20,10,10,10
Longest integration 5 minutes for all images
Image Calibrations Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.
Processing Dark Subtraction and Flat Fielding calibration with Mira
Registration and Sum of each group of L:R:G:B images with Mira.
8 rounds of LR deconvolution with CCDSharp
Mild ddp with Maxim
L combination with RGB in Lab mode with Photoshop
Mild unsharp mask of the LRGB composite with Photoshop